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Bringing Down the House
“Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.”
60%
Movie
1h 45m
AI Analysis
Bringing Down the House (2003) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Bringing Down the House (2003) — a movie tagged as Comedy and Drama with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charle… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~105 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Bringing Down the House 60% (743 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 743 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2003-03-07
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 10678
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What is Bringing Down the House about?
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fell... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Bringing Down the House?
The official runtime for Bringing Down the House is approximately 105 minutes.
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Cast

Steve Martin
Peter Sanderson

Queen Latifah
Charlene Morton

Eugene Levy
Howie Rottman

Joan Plowright
Mrs. Virginia Arness

Jean Smart
Kate Sanderson

Kimberly J. Brown
Sarah Sanderson

Angus T. Jones
Georgey Sanderson

Missi Pyle
Ashley

Michael Rosenbaum
Todd Gendler

Betty White
Mrs. Kline

Steve Harris
Widow

Jim Haynie
Ed Tobias
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Aengus James
Mike

Jernard Burks
Widow's Bodyguard
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Bronzell Miller
Widow's Bodyguard

Matt Lutz
Aaron

Randy Oglesby
FBI Agent

Jesse Corti
Italian FBI Agent
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